The village was located 32 km north-east of Gaza, in an area of rolling hills, where the coastal plain and the foothills of the Hebron mountains merged.

They paid a fixed tax rate of 25% on a number of crops, including wheat, and barley, as well as goats and beehives; a total of 1,200 akçe.

[18] In 1838, Edward Robinson noted the village, located SW of Summil,[19] part of the Gaza district.

[25] In 1883, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine described it as a village built of adobe bricks and surrounded by arable land.

As the village grew, it expanded towards the northeast in the direction of the large mound, called Tall al-Shaykh Ahmad al- Urayni.

[26] The shrine consisted of a roofless walled enclosure made of reused stone blocks.

The Egyptian Army controlled the area - which included al-Faluja - surrounded by Israeli forces.

After Egypt and Israel negotiated an armistice agreement, the Israeli Defense Forces intimidated the inhabitants to flee.

[32] Following the war, the area was incorporated into the State of Israel, after which kibbutz Gat took over additional lands after the expulsion of the villagers.

During the 1950s it was described as being in a very ruinous condition, and Petersen, inspecting it in 1994, found no inscriptions or standing structures; an outline on the ground were the only visible remains of the building.